LICHALP

Dermatocarpon intestiniforme (Körb.) Hasse

Syn.: Dermatocarpon polyphyllum (Wulfen) Dalla Torre & Sarnth., Endocarpon intestiniforme Körb.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: a mainly boreal-montane to arctic-alpine, circumpolar lichen found on sunny rock surfaces in periodically wet places; widespread throughout the Alps. Several records could refer to D. complicatum (see note on that species)